- You say you're a Savannian.
- You played in the Big Park as a kid, and refuse to call it Forsyth.
- You know Sherman's Headquarters was the Green-Meldrim house, but won't tell the tourists.
- You know Savannah has two malls: the Mall and the New Mall.
- You remember when it wasn't cool to grow up on the Westside (yeah, I did, till I was nine.)
- You remember when it WAS cool to grow up in Windsor Forest (yeah, I did, after I was nine.)
- You remember when Abercorn Street was dirt past Dutchtown Road.
- You remember Dutchtown Road.
- You know better than to talk about anyone in town, because at least one person listening is related.
- You have black and white pictures of your parents walking on Broughton Street.
- You are Catholic, Jewish, or Protestant. Or were before you converted. Okay, Greek Orthodox, but that's kinda Catholic without a Pope.
- If you're Catholic you are Irish, Italian or Cajun, and by birth or marriage related to everyone else of that national origin.
- You know the humps on Drayton were formed by paving over trolley car tracks.
- You don't know how many squares there are in Savannah, don't care, and can't name more than three.
- You know what "The Free State of Chatham" is, and why it's called that.
- You know what the Eastside and Star were, but never understood the need.
Half Cajun, half Hillbilly - a native son's view of my hometown. Where it's been, where it is and where it's going ... fast!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
You Might be Old Savannah if ...
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